Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mussels marinara. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mussels Marinara is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mussels Marinara is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mussels marinara using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mussels Marinara:
- Make ready 1/2 tablespoon salt and water to cook the pasta
- Make ready 8 ounces linguine- cook by the package directions
- Take 1/2 of an onion – finely diced
- Take 1/2 each jalapeno – finely diced (with seeds makes spicier -Your choice:)
- Make ready 3-4 cloves garlic – finely chopped
- Take 4 each mushrooms sliced
- Prepare 1/2 pint grape tomatoes- quartered- or a cup of diced tomatoes
- Make ready 1 ounce olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon dry,thyme
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon dry,oregano
- Get 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar (If you like a slightly sweeter sauce adjust at the end:)
- Get 1 cup clam juice
- Prepare 1-1 1/2 pounds mussels cleaned - no dead ones
- Make ready 2 cups tomato sauce
- Take 1 ounce basil - fine chiffonade/ribbon cut
- Prepare as needed Parmesan
Steps to make Mussels Marinara:
- Clean mussels- they should be closed, and if anything is hanging off pull and cut seaweed or beard. If open tap on counter three or four times to see if it closes. If it stays open throw it away. Dead shellfish will make you very sick.
- Place a 4 quart pot on and fill with 2 quarts of water and bring to a boil add a 1/2 tablespoon of salt
- In a 4 quart pot, cook off pasta and set aside
- Add the thyme,oregano, pepper, salt, sugar and clam juice and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add mussels and tomato sauce Cover and cook until mussels have opened about 10 minutes. Discard any mussels that have not opened after that. Toss in basil and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Mix the mussels and sauce with pasta and serve Parmesan on top as you like.
- Note -I like adding peeled shrimp and scallops to make a Seafood Marinara I add them at the same time as I add the mussels. The scallops should be firm and the shrimp pink.
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